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Being differently abled: learning lessons from dyslexic entrepreneurs. (2008)
Book Chapter
SMITH, R. 2008. Being differently abled: learning lessons from dyslexic entrepreneurs. In Harrison, R.T. and Leitch, C.M. (eds.) Entrepreneurial learning: conceptual frameworks and applications. Abingdon: Routledge, pages 291-312.

Learning plays a crucial part in the development of entrepreneurial propensity and is inextricably linked to communication. An appreciation of the role of communication in entrepreneurial studies is increasing, albeit slowly, and in particular the pe... Read More about Being differently abled: learning lessons from dyslexic entrepreneurs..

The creative industries in Scotland: flexible friends or foes? (2008)
Book Chapter
MARCELLA, R., ILLINGWORTH, L. and BAXTER, G. 2008. The creative industries in Scotland: flexible friends or foes? In Ross, K. and Price, S. (eds.) Popular media and communication: essays on publics, practices and processes. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pages 102-129.

While the Scottish creative sector specifically has been largely ignored in the published literature, there have been several national (i.e. UK) and international studies of women's employment in the creative or cultural industries, which indicate th... Read More about The creative industries in Scotland: flexible friends or foes?.

Business to business online revenue management. (2007)
Book Chapter
OLIVEIRA, F. and RANA, R. 2008. Business to business online revenue management. In Voudouris, C., Owusu, G., Dorne, R. and Lesaint, D. (eds.) Service chain management: technology innovation for the service business. Berlin: Springer [online], chapter 17, pages 239-250. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75504-3_17

With the emergence of the Internet, electronic commerce (e-commerce), revenue management and especially applications that combine both are becoming increasingly an area of innovation for service industries. E-commerce has introduced efficiencies acro... Read More about Business to business online revenue management..

Reference publishing. (2007)
Book Chapter
PEDERSEN, S. 2007. Reference publishing. In: Finkelstein, D. and McCleery, A. (eds.) The Edinburgh history of the book in Scotland, volume 4: professionalism and diversity 1880-2000. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press [online], pages 346-351. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/3rten3f5

Reference publishing is the term used to describe the publishing of a diverse range of products, including dictionaries, atlases, encyclopaedias, bibliographies, directories, guides and the many reference works aimed at the academic, educational and... Read More about Reference publishing..

Educational, academic and legal publishing. (2007)
Book Chapter
PEDERSEN, S. 2007. Educational, academic and legal publishing. In: Finkelstein, D. and McCleery, A. (eds.) The Edinburgh history of the book in Scotland, volume 4: professionalism and diversity 1880-2000. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press [online], pages 311-329. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/3rten3f5

By making education compulsory for children between the ages of 5 and 13, the 1870 Education and 1872 (Scotland) Education Acts established the beginnings of a modern education system in Britain – and offered increased opportunity for educational pub... Read More about Educational, academic and legal publishing..

Concept induction via fuzzy C-means clustering in a high dimensional semantic space. (2007)
Book Chapter
SONG, D., CAO, G., BRUZA, P.D. and LAU, R.Y.K. 2007. Concept induction via fuzzy C-means clustering in a high dimensional semantic space. In Valente de Oliveira, J. and Pedrycz, W. (eds.) Advances in fuzzy clustering and its applications. Chichester: Wiley [online], chapter 19, pages 393-403. Available from: https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Advances+in+Fuzzy+Clustering+and+its+Applications-p-9780470061183

Lexical semantic space models have recently been investigated to automatically derive the meaning (semantics) of information based on natural language usage. In a semantic space, a term can be considered as a concept represented geometrically as a ve... Read More about Concept induction via fuzzy C-means clustering in a high dimensional semantic space..

The impact of organisational complexity in the strategy development process. (2007)
Book Chapter
CALDART, A.A. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2007. The impact of organisational complexity in the strategy development process. In Dyson, R.G. and O'Brien, F.A. (eds.) Supporting strategy: frameworks, methods and models. Chichester, Wiley, chapter 8, pages 191-210.

In the first chapter of this book, it was stated that there is a set of characteristics that lead towards a decision being labelled as a strategic one. One of these characteristics is the complexity and inter-relatedness of the organisational context... Read More about The impact of organisational complexity in the strategy development process..

Flexibility, robustness and real options. (2007)
Book Chapter
DYSON, R.G. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2007. Flexibility, robustness and real options. In Dyson, R.G. and O'Brien, F.A. (eds.) Supporting strategy: frameworks, methods and models. Chichester, Wiley, chapter 13, pages 343-366.

The importance of flexibility in the strategic development process goes back to the formative days of strategic planning. One of its earliest manifestations was in the guise of contingency planning. For example, Argenti (1974) in his book "Systematic... Read More about Flexibility, robustness and real options..

The impact of information and communication technologies on the communication of parliamentary information in the United Kingdom. (2006)
Book Chapter
MARCELLA, R., BAXTER, G. and MOORE, N. 2006. The impact of information and communication technologies on the communication of parliamentary information in the United Kingdom. In Schorr, A. and Seltmann, S. (eds.) Changing media markets in Europe and abroad: new ways of handling information and entertainment content. Lengerich: Pabst Science, pages 63-77.

This chapter discusses the role and effectiveness of UK parliamentary public information services in both servicing the needs of the general public for information about government and also in communicating positive messages about the work of governm... Read More about The impact of information and communication technologies on the communication of parliamentary information in the United Kingdom..

The mechanisms and process of entrepreneurial networks: continuity and change. (2006)
Book Chapter
DRAKOPOULOU DODD, S., JACK, S. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2006. The mechanisms and process of entrepreneurial networks: continuity and change. In Wiklund, J., Dimov, D., Katz, J.A. and Shepherd, D.A. (eds.) Entrepreneurship: frameworks and empirical investigations from forthcoming leaders of European research. Advances in entrepreneurship, firm emergence and growth, 9. Bingley: Emerald [online], pages 107-145. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1074-7540(06)09005-2

The relevance of networks for entrepreneurship is now well established. However, despite the extent of work carried out there are still clear gaps in our understanding about how networks change and adapt over time and how entrepreneurs actually go ab... Read More about The mechanisms and process of entrepreneurial networks: continuity and change..

Susan Hiller's paraconceptualism. (2006)
Book Chapter
KOKOLI, A.M. 2006. Susan Hiller's paraconceptualism. In Fisher, J. (ed.) Technologies of intuition. Toronto: YYZ Books, pages 119-139.

Exploring the margins of representability, pushing beyond the limits and limitations of retinality, lending a voice to the dead or incorporating oral accounts of anonymous strangers, all conjure the ghostly quality that is typical of both the subject... Read More about Susan Hiller's paraconceptualism..

The vulnerability of peripheral tourism: the rapid disenchantment of peripheral attraction. (2006)
Book Chapter
IRVINE, W. and ANDERSON, A. 2006. The vulnerability of peripheral tourism: the rapid disenchantment of peripheral attraction. In Müller, D.K. and Jansson, B. (eds.) Tourism in peripheries: perspectives from the far north and south. Wallingford: CABI, pages 109-123.

This chapter explores the impact of foot and mouth disease on peripheral tourist destinations. It is argued that such destinations are extremely vulnerable to changes in visitor perception and that the effects of national disasters impact disproporti... Read More about The vulnerability of peripheral tourism: the rapid disenchantment of peripheral attraction..

Ethics and physiological testing. (2006)
Book Chapter
OLIVIER, S. 2007. Ethics and physiological testing. In Winter, E.M., Jones, A.M., Davison, R.C.R., Bromley, P.D. and Mercer, T.H. (eds.) Sport and exercise physiology testing guidelines: the British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences guide. Abingdon: Routledge [online], volume 1: sport testing, chapter 4, pages 30-38. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203966846

What is it to behave in an ethical manner as a researcher? The term 'ethics' suggests a set of standards by which behaviour is regulated, and these standards help us to decide what is acceptable in terms of pursuing our aims, as well as helping us to... Read More about Ethics and physiological testing..

Place, autonomy and the individual: short letter, long farewell, and a sorrow beyond dreams. (2005)
Book Chapter
HALSALL, R. 2005. Place, autonomy and the individual: short letter, long farewell, and a sorrow beyond dreams. In Coury, D.N and Pilipp, F. (eds.) The Works of Peter Handke. Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press. pages 46-79.

The two novels by Peter Handke which were published in Germany in 1972, Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied (Short Letter, Long Farewell, 1977) and Wunschloses Unglück (A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, 1976), illustrate the importance of place in Handke’s wor... Read More about Place, autonomy and the individual: short letter, long farewell, and a sorrow beyond dreams..

Engineering assessment made easy: the 'Energysave' approach. (2005)
Book Chapter
BOUCHLAGHEM, N.M., HOLMES, M., LOVEDAY, D. and BENNADJI, A. 2005. Engineering assessment made easy: the 'Energysave' approach. In Lee, A., Wu, S., Marshall­Ponting, A.J., Aouad, G., Cooper, R., Tah, J.H.M., Abbott, C. and Barrett, P.S. (eds.) nD modelling roadmap: a vision for nD-enabled construction. Salford: University of Salford, School of the Built Environment, pages 62-69.

Whilst naturally ventilated buildings are currently considered to be the ideal solution to low energy design there remain a large proportion of buildings for which air conditioning offers the only practical solution. This project is intended to provi... Read More about Engineering assessment made easy: the 'Energysave' approach..

Information interchange. (2005)
Book Chapter
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 2005. Information interchange. In Fisher, K.E., Erdelez, S. and McKechnie, L.E.F. (eds.) Theories of information behavior. Medford, NJ: Information Today, pages 204-209.

This book chapter presents the authors' theory of Information Interchange. The theory draws upon the authors' earlier research on government and parliamentary information service provision, and on citizens' information behaviour, at the regional, UK... Read More about Information interchange..

EU interest representation or US-style lobbying? (2005)
Book Chapter
GREENWOOD, J. and YOUNG, A.R. 2005. EU interest representation or US-style lobbying? In Jabko, N. and Parsons, C. (eds.) With US or against US? European trends in American perspective. The state of the European Union, 7. Oxford: Oxford University Press [online], chapter 12. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/0199283958.003.0012

While the number of interest groups competing for influence at the European level has exploded, the EU policy process is usually described as strikingly apolitical. The initial surge in interest group participation was principally a consequence of th... Read More about EU interest representation or US-style lobbying?.

On the edge: an exploration of the visual arts in remote rural contexts of Northern Scotland. (2005)
Book Chapter
DOUGLAS, A. 2005. On the edge: an exploration of the visual arts in remote rural contexts of Northern Scotland. In Miles, M. and Hall, T. (eds.) Interventions: art in the public sphere. Advances in art and urban features, 4. Bristol: Intellect, pages 89-106.

This case study is a programme of five visual art projects in Northern Scotland with five regional partners that have come about through a research framework. It demonstrates aspects of the dynamic of intervention largely focused by conversation betw... Read More about On the edge: an exploration of the visual arts in remote rural contexts of Northern Scotland..

The devil is in the e-tale: form and structure in the entrepreneurial narrative. (2004)
Book Chapter
SMITH, R. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2004. The devil is in the e-tale: form and structure in the entrepreneurial narrative. In Hjorth, D. and Steyaert, C. (eds.) Narrative and discursive approaches in entrepreneurship: a second movements in entrepreneurship book. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pages 125-143.

In this chapter we explore the genre of Entrepreneurial Tales, which we refer to as e-tales. The title is an obvious parody of the proverb, The devil is in the detail and reflects the power of entrepreneurial narratives, a power that stems from the n... Read More about The devil is in the e-tale: form and structure in the entrepreneurial narrative..

The crisis of management and the role of organizational communication. (2003)
Book Chapter
TOURISH, D. and HARGIE, O. 2004. The crisis of management and the role of organizational communication. In Tourish, D. and Hargie, O. (eds.) Key issues in organizational communication. London: Routledge [online], chapter 1, pages 1-16. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203634394-7

What does the future hold for the theory and practice of management? What role, if any, is there for organisational communication in these deliberations? Exactly which aspects of communication contribute centrally to the core of corporate practice? T... Read More about The crisis of management and the role of organizational communication..